Imperio

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 176855

Laura:

"By that reasoning, Hermione's modification of her parents
memories is also Unforgiveable. She does it with the best
of intentions, but she doesn't give them a choice, the effect
would have been permanent had she died, and she robbed
them of one of the most important part of their lives - their
Daughter"

How do we know that she gave them no choice in the matter?  She may have sat
them down and given them a complete breakdown of the situation and her proposed
course of action, using the old cliché (and a cliché is so because it has a
kernel of truth) that "what you do not know you cannot be made to reveal."  They
may well have consented.  How do we know that it was not so, or why do we
automatically assume the most sinister interpretation of her actions?


Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of
transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in
heart."--Iris Murdoch



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